- "And Quill, your ship is filthy."
"Oh, she has no idea. If I had a blacklight, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock painting."
"You got issues, Quill." - ―Gamora, Peter Quill, and Rocket Raccoon[src]
The Milano was an M-class spaceship belonging to Peter Quill, which he used during his escapades as the space outlaw Star-Lord. It later became the main spacecraft used by the Guardians of the Galaxy, until it was severely damaged by a quantum asteroid field, and crashed on Berhert unrepaired. It is succeeded by the Benatar.
History
Early History
The vessel known as the Milano was one of the M-Ships used by the Ravagers. These ships were used for scouting and hunting purposes.[1]
Star-Lord's Ravager Career
As Star-Lord, Quill used the Milano since he was ten years old for looting and piracy,[2] establishing his name as an intergalactic criminal.[1]
Quest for the Orb
Battle of Morag
Star-Lord decided to obtain the Orb for himself so as to get rid from Yondu Udonta's Ravagers, so Quill arrived at Morag on the Milano. He eventually was attacked by Korath the Pursuer who tried to kill him as he was looking for the Orb, too. Quill used the Milano to escape and went ahead to Xandar, where he planned to sell the mysterious artifact.[1]
Escape from the Kyln
When Quill obtained the Orb, the Milano transported Quill to Xandar to sell it. After his arrest, the Milano was impounded by the Nova Corps to the Kyln. The Guardians of the Galaxy later used it to escape.[1]
Skirmish on Knowhere
The Guardians of the Galaxy using the Milano to go to Knowhere
The Guardians used the Milano to travel to Knowhere. When Drax the Destroyer called Ronan the Accuser to Knowhere, and Quill and Gamora were abducted by the Ravagers, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax used the Milano in an attempt to free their partners.[1]
Battle of Xandar
The Guardians of the Galaxy piloting the Milano into battle
- "Rocket will lead a team to blow a hole in the Dark Aster's starboard hull. Then, our craft and Yondu's will enter."
- ―Star-Lord[src]
In the Battle of Xandar, Quill, Gamora, Groot, and Drax used the Milano to enter Ronan's ship, the Dark Aster. In the process, the ship was severely damaged.[1]
Rebuilt
Rhomann Dey shows Peter Quill the newly rebuilt Milano
- "We tried to keep it as close to the original as possible. We salvaged as much as we could."
"Wow. I...Thank you." - ―Rhomann Dey and Star-Lord[src]
Afterwards, the Nova Corps rebuilt the Milano for Quill as repayment for saving Xandar.[1]
Escape from the Sovereign Fleet
The Sovereign Omnicrafts chasing the Milano
The Milano was used to transport the Guardians to the planet Sovereign to fight the Abilisk. The Guardians used it again to transport Nebula to Xandar to collect the bounty on her head. It was engaged in a massive space battle with the Sovereign's Omnicrafts, where the ship was badly damaged, causing it to "jump" to the planet Berhert where it crashed.
Rocket Raccoon and Groot stayed behind to repair the Milano when the rest of the Guardians traveled to Ego's Planet with Ego and Mantis. Rocket was never able to finish the repairs with the Milano, however, when he was attacked by the Ravagers who took the duo away on the Eclector.[2] Sometime later, the Guardians of the Galaxy eventually claim a new M-Ship called Benatar after the Milano was left behind on Berhert unrepaired.[3]
Trivia
- In the original comics, Star-Lord's ship was a sentient star called Aurora, who was turned into a sentient spaceship by the Master of the Sun.
- In the 2013 storyline, the mobile headquarter of the Guardians of the Galaxy is called C.I.T.T., an acronym for Cool Interstellar Travel Travelship.
- The Milano is named after Peter Quill's childhood crush Alyssa Milano.[4]
- The Milano shares the same colors come from Ego's 1979 Ford Mustang that he drove while on Earth.[2]
- Despite there being six members living on the ship, there are only two known sleeping bunks on board.
- James Gunn has hinted that the Milano could possibly return.[5]
